Lightweight
~50 MB of RAM, ~10 MB of disk space. Pragtical runs on many devices without performance issues.
Powerful
Syntax highlighting, multiple cursors, command palette and many more. LSP and other features are available as plugins.
Hyperextensible
Pragtical allows you to extend the editor via Lua and its C API. Documentation is available for many parts of the editor.
Cross-platform
Built on SDL, C and Lua, Pragtical runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. Porting to other systems is trivial.
Easy to Use
Easily change your editor settings, color theme, key bindings and installed plugins configuration using the graphical settings manager.
Free & Open Source
Pragtical is licensed under the MIT license. No telemetry or data collection.
Recent Blog Posts
Pragtical v3.14.0 Release
2026-10-20Before getting into the changes, here is a look at how Pragtical has been evolving, including some of the new interface improvements in this release.…
Pragtical v3.13.1 Release
2026-10-02Pragtical v3.13.1 is a bug-fix release that corrects a native tokenizer regression, makes workspace session handling reliable across project switches…
Pragtical v3.13.0 Release
2026-09-24Pragtical v3.13.0 is out with the first native audio API and built-in audio player, another round of renderer backend improvements, faster multi-curs…


